Whew!

I am tired! I don't know what it is but I feel I could sleep for the rest of the day! I did stay up until midnight last night with my dear friend Julie... but that's rather pathetic. I really am old. *sigh*

After watching "Shall We Dance" and "Save the Last Dance" recently, I really would like to learn to dance. I definitely am a white girl with absolutely no rhythm at all! LOL Maybe some day money will fall into my lap and I can go attempt to take some dance classes or something. That'd be neat.

Well, tonight is bible study night, which I'm looking forward to. And its Summerland tonight too! YEA! (WB, 8PM) Its a great show! That's really all I have to say... I am way to close to slipping off into dream land, which maybe isn't the best thing to do at work.

Have a great Monday!

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A Shout Out to Christina

Tomorrow is my dear friend's birthday. She'll be 25... a quarter of a century. Now she's an old married woman! Happy birthday nina! :)

Happy Easter

Well... I'm stuck at work. I just knew that we'd get off at noon today, but no so luck. I'm hoping for a 2 or 3PM dismissal. And since my computer at home is pretty much on its deathbed (at least for the moment), I thought I'd give one post for the week...

I had a phone interview for a job today... Interviews just make me so nervous. I'll have to have quite a bit of training for this job. Its with the college of Engineering Distance Learning program. I'd be working with graduate students, the website, and with videoconferencing. I'd mainly schedule and coordinate classes, but if a person wasn't available to videotape, I'd have to do it. Which is a little daunting! The guy I talked to sounded really nice, and it'd be a pay raise, which is a definite plus! So be praying... he said he'd set up face to face interviews next week. We'll see what God wants for me...

Have a great weekend! It looks like its cooling off here... chance of snow. No plans for Easter yet, which is really weird for my family. Our church is starting three services on Sunday, so that is amazing too. Have a happy Easter! Remember the grace and mercy God gave us!

Random Thought

I really like chocolate covered raisins, but only if you suck the chocolate off and throw the raisins away.

How do you want your funeral???

So this topic really isn't meant to be morbid or anything. But with all the talk of the Terri Schiavo case, I've thought about it lately. If I was in the condition that Terri is in, I think I'd rather go ahead and have my family let me go be with the Lord.

So have you ever thought about how you'd want your funeral to be or any wishes? One of my friends wants to be cremated... she wants to be mixed in the ground and planted under an oak tree (on land that will be safe from bulldozers). Which is interesting... definitely a nice place for families to go to besides a cemetary. Her mother though, insists that she'll be buried. So that'll be an argument between husband and mother-in-law if that ever happens!

I really like that idea though... not so sure I'd want to be cremated but it'd be nice to be in a place outside a cemetary. Not that it really matters to me in the long run though! But I think I'd like my funeral to be a celebration. Lots of good food! Singing... that sort of thing. And Nicole, hopefully years and years from now, but I'll be buying a box of sparklers for yours!

Ok, so maybe this whole topic is a little morbid!

Staying positive....

Seems like that has been the theme of my life the last month or so... being a lil' ray of sunshine! :) I've just been hit with that and waiting for God's timing over and over again... do we think God is trying to tell me something? Yes!

Its funny how you don't think you are really growing or learning anything new and then you look back and its like "wow, baby steps, but God is working!" I've just learned lately that God's looking at for me, I may not "feel" Him being near but I'm finally learning that He actually is. So I just have to wait for that new job to come along or wait for my future hubby to come... not that I just sit here, but that I just stop trying to have life be all about MY timetable. I know I'm at this current job for a reason, even if its to teach me patience or God is attempting to teach me to love my boss. (which means I'll be here awhile!) I'm also learning to be grateful for what I have which is helpful. Good friends, a job where I make money, a house, food to eat, a good church, a growing small group. All my needs are being met! So I just have to learn to postpone my wants for awhile.

Its definitely tough trying to stay positive, in fact I think I hit my limit in the past week or so. Its getting harder to be ok with my job... today I totally didn't feel like finding people a room or changing a meeting... And situtations and people have been dragging me down. Just starting to feel like there should be something more I could do... but I know that God will be in control of the situations and He will provide comfort and strength to all that are involved. Just gotta keep praying!

I hope y'all are having a good Tuesday!

Good morning!

Well, for those that were wondering.... here's what a Bichon Bolognese looks like. I like this picture the best because it isn't so froofy. http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/bolognese.htm

I'll post more later today... I'm feeling sleepy. And sneezy. :)

What breed of dog are you?

http://gone2thedogs.com/game/preloader.swf

I'm a Bichon Bolognese. A serious, intelligent but not particularly vivacious dog. I become very attached to one person and have been known to howl mournfully when the owner cannot pay attention to me. More reserved and shy than my cousin, the Bichon Frise... and more docile.

Oooh two posts in one day...

Try to contain your excitement please!

I just wanted to post this sentence. I am going through a study by Beth Moore and just came across it. Its helpful in explaining the "why not now God?" But to quote my roomie (a little b/c it made me laugh) "That's a lump to swallow." And very true! So here goes........

"Sometimes God may prioritize the faith required to continue trusting Him when we don't get what we ask over the faith required to receive it."

Hello gang!

Thank goodness its Friday! That's all I have to say! I was wishing that I had spring break and now at least its over so things will start to pick up at work!

I don't have much to say... I've been feeling a bit down or moody the past day or so but I think its more hormonal than anything. I do wish there was a way to not let situations or people around you affect you so much. That'd be nice!

Here's to hoping that the spring weather starts to stay and warm up. I'm ready to get out and just enjoy some fresh air.

28And we know that [a]God causes (A)all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are (B)called according to His purpose. - Romans 8:28

The Luck o' the Irish

Happy St. Patricks Day!

We don't really do anything but wear green... but I know some people do. Some cities have the huge parades, I think NYC has a 7 hour long one today. Or they make corned beef and cabbage, which most likely I probably wouldn't like all that much. Green beer, irish soda bread... just a few things...

I've been more interested about the family tree lately. Dad has a cousin that has probably managed to actually link us to Daniel Boone, which is pretty interesting. (like somehow the Huyck name manages to marry into the Boone and Johnson name) Gotta love those names. Some poor guy was actually named Burger Huyck. Yikes!

Its interesting though, I think I might have descendants from Poland and Germany...

Well, its a long boring day at work. No students so a lot of the departments have pretty much shut down. Everyone's on vacation, but not me. So its really quiet and I'm starving and ready for lunch! LOL Hope y'all have a great Thursday night!

Happy Birthday Nicole!

I hope you have a great birthday today and that this year is full of happiness!

I'm so glad that I can count you more as a friend than a cousin. Your friendship has meant the world to me... and dang, we've had a lot of good times and laughs. I'm so glad that most of my vivid childhood memories were with you and Jana when y'all came to visit. (Good ol' JJ, ha ha - sorry Jana)

Have a great day, cuz!

A post a day keeps the doctor away...

That's my goal this week. I'm sure they won't be highly intelligent posts but there will be posts nonetheless. I'm sure it won't last past this week just because it would be sad if I didn't get comments to go along with the postings.

Anyways! From this day, there is one day until my cuz's 26th birthday... 5 days till SPRING... 44 days until my trip to Marco Island... and two months until my 25th birthday. Yep, 25 years old. A quarter of a century... time does fly huh? At least I've had some "positive" things. I can say I own a house... and a car... and I have my own dog. Nothing that I really thought might have happened by the old age of 25, but I'm hoping that they all happen by 30! Yikes. 30! Only 5 years from that.

Isn't it weird how its always cold during Spring Break? Of course, I wouldn't mind being at home in bed watching movies instead of here... but I'm glad its not really warm out. Crazy weather though... to go from 84 and sunny on Saturday to a high in the mid 30s and a chance of snow/rain. C-R-A-Z-Y.

Say a prayer for my mom. She's sick. She has sinusitis and a ruptured ear drum... and for my roomie. She's having some leg problems. Gracias!

Have a great Tuesday!

Eating Healthy...

Spring's coming up and with that... you want to look your best. I've been thinking about attempting to eat a little more healthy, although I could never go no/low carb! I've been slacking on the elliptical machine, I'm going to start that up this week again, but I'm hoping to try to start doing a little of everything better. Starting with food!

Do you have a favorite recipe that's "healthy"? Or where's your favorite place to go? What's your favorite meal?

I'm also looking for something to eat for breakfast that's filling. Lately, anything from oatmeal to cereal on the go, isn't filling me up. Then I'm hungry by 10AM and start to get that shaky feeling. Which is not fun!

I hope y'all are having a great Monday! *sipping my ice water and impatiently waiting until lunch at One Guy's*

By "popular" demand...

here's a new blog! "Popular" meaning my cousins... LOL

Well, what's up with the crazy weather. Typical West TX winds yesterday and in the lows 80s and tonight a chance of rain/snow... crazy! I'm so ready for spring minus the dust storms. Gotta love how the wind can create funny situations though. I remember two or three times where my cuz and I would have to "run" across Memorial Circle and the wind would be blowing so bad we could barely move. Then the laughter didn't help matters either... good times to remember on though. I think its weird how my most vivid memories involve my cousins... but those weren't bad memories to have. So its all good...

Tonight I got to talk to a "newer" internet friend of mine... that was really fun! We actually talked an hour and a half which surprised me! And apparently from my roomie reporting, I talked a lot! LOL

Y'all should email me phone schedules... I never know when it would be ok to call. Like I don't have church on Sunday nights but others do... or I have bible studies on Mondays and Tuesdays but others have small group stuff on other nights. I need details... :)

Well, I think I might head to bed soon... Sleep sounds like a nice thing at the moment... Have a great week! And for those that have "spring break", enjoy it for me! I'm jealous!! I'll try to come up with a few more updates this week!

Time flies...

I was shocked that it has been almost a week since I last posted... seems like I just had! Not really much to say, so y'all have the pleasure of random thoughts.

Thought #1: I really wish I could use my digital camera now, instead of waiting for my trip to Marco (the camera is my bday present)... Saturday it rained pretty much all day here. And when we went out, there was a full rainbow. It was so pretty up against the stormy blue sky, and it seemed to be coming out of these low puffy white clouds. Gorgeous, unfortunately, my camera phone couldn't capture the beauty... Rainbows always make me think of God.

Thought #2: Airline prices are INSANE!!!! I don't know if its because of gas prices going up (also, insane!)... But tickets this year are at least $100 more than last year. AND in the course of two weeks, they went up almost $100! So much for me trying to save money hoping they'd go down. I did manage to buy cheaper tickets (compared to the ones I wanted)...

Thought #3: I think Spring break should be mandatory for everyone! Or at least a four day weekend or something. I miss being in school and getting that time off! Now I'm just hoping that President Wilson takes pity on us and lets us leave at noon on Friday!

Thought #4: I'm ready for the end of April. I'm ready to get a 5 day weekend and lay on the beach. "C" and I managed to get our airline tickets this weekend and the most we have to wait on each other is an hour! Then we take a nice two hour drive to Marco Island. Yikes that its on a stretch of road called "Alligator Alley"! And we'll get there early enough to enjoy some beach time that afternoon! YEA! Then our 2-3 other friends will show up later that night! It looks like its going to be a great time this year. I'm going to go camera crazy!

Well, I better end the randomness... I hope all of y'all have a great week. My roomie and I are going to good ol' Seminole on Wednesday for a Shane and Shane concert and then Thursday night, we get to see the amazing Josh Wilson sing! (For people in L-town... Daybreak on 82nd at 8PM) Be there!

Have a blessed week! I thought we might need a little color! 12 days till Spring!

God sure loves smacking me upside the head...

I know I'll get the "hugs" later... but it seems like I'm noticing how much needs to be changed about myself. I want to have my "real" self shine out more... then this weekend, the end of the sermon was things that can block your walk with God. I'm guilty of those: negativity, doubt, and low self-esteem.

The low self esteem is always prevelant but I'm going to attempt to step back and not let myself think how I'd look/sound/act like a fool or people would think I'm stupid or not pretty enough. Same goes for the doubt. I need to just step out in faith that God is unchanging and loving and will keep His promises.

I've especially noticed how much negativity I have towards my job. Yes, I totally dislike my boss and the work I have can be boring, but I really need to step away from that. Its not good when a work day can affect the rest of your day, and it doesn't necessarily make my "light" shine any brighter in a world of darkness. How can others around me be encouraged to start or strengthen their walk with Christ if all I do is complain? And although its scary, lately I keep hearing of people that God tell to stay in a job they don't like. That scares me... but I need to keep in mind that maybe I am here to witness to my coworkers OR even get my boss back on track. Or He's teaching me patience. Sometimes that seems totally unlikely, especially with my boss, BUT God can do anything, can't He? And really, with this job, I'm able to live in the house I do, meet the needs that need to be met, and occasionally splurge! So I need to be grateful for what I do have and learn to just wait on God's timing for the other...

Ok, off my soapbox for now... highlights of the week. Saturday night we went to the Mercy Me/Jeremy Camp concert! It was great! And there was this "duo" called Monk and Neagle! They are excellent. I highly recommend them! I got to eat at Olive Garden on Sunday! Tonight is game night with the singles group and Thursday is the Grand Opening of Kohl's! YEA!

Hope y'all are having a great week! Continue to pray for me as I become obedient to Christ and with His help, change how I think!